Zambia denies shuttering Konkola copper mine; Lucara Diamond gets $220mn for Karowe mine; Total starts prod. at Angola's Zinia Phase-2; Onatel 1Q net income up 4.5%; Moody's places First Bank NGR on "review for downgrade"; AbInBev new CEO is Michel Doukaris wef July 1st; Attijariwafa, Access, Zenith sniffing at Atlas Mara's 49.97% stake in Union Bank NGR; thumbs up for Pres. Al-Sisi for elect. handshake with KSA; Credit du Maroc plans 1bn Dirhams bond; Uganda wants $900mn IMF loan, Kenya PMI dips to 41.5, etc.